ULTRAKILL: STYLE IS THE ONLY CURRENCY
9.0 of 10 bananas. A blood soaked 90s style shooter where you heal by getting close and score by fighting with style. Still in Early Access after five years, still rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam, and still one of the purest skill games on PC.
By the Alpha. Full review of an Early Access game. Updated Nov 10 2026.
Honest note: This is not a fresh hands-on playtest. I built this verdict from critic reviews, player reviews, the store listing, and the official game pages linked below. If I put real hours in on stream, I will update the score and say so.
Platforms: PC (Windows) via Steam only, in Early Access since September 3 2020, from developer Arsi "Hakita" Patala and publisher New Blood Interactive. No console versions. At my Nov 10 2026 check Steam listed it at 29.99 dollars. There is no Amazon listing for it, so the Steam button is the only store link here.
See ULTRAKILL on SteamStore check, Nov 10 2026: Steam price 29.99 dollars, Early Access, Windows only. This is not an affiliate link.
Sit with me a moment. Old gorillas like me learned shooters by being careful. ULTRAKILL laughs at careful. Here you heal by being drenched in the blood of what you just destroyed, so the safest place is always the closest place. It took me a minute to unlearn the cover habit.
What It Wants To Be
You are V1, a machine fighting through layers of hell in a world where mankind is dead and blood is fuel. It is built like the 90s shooters, with fast movement, a slide, a dash, and a stack of weapons with alternate fire, but it scores you like Devil May Cry: a style meter rewards variety, parries, and ricochet tricks. The campaign arrives in layers; Layer 8, Fraud, landed in February 2026.
What Works
The players have spoken. At my check the Steam page showed 97 percent positive from 152,564 English reviews, and 97 percent positive in the last 30 days. Coverage keeps praising the same core: precise movement, weapons that combine into absurd tricks, a parry that turns enemy shots into your ammo, and a soundtrack that drives every room. PCGamesN highlighted more than 120 precision changes in the Fraud update, which tells you the developer still sweats the details.
What Breaks
It is still Early Access, five years in, and the story is not finished. The difficulty curve is steep, the screen can be pure noise, and the gore and flashing effects are intense. It is Windows only. If you are not chasing mastery, the style meter can feel like homework.
Who Should Play
Play it if you love DOOM Eternal, speed, and getting better one run at a time. Skip it if fast, gory shooters make you tired, or if you want a finished story before you buy.
STRENGTHS
- Superb movement and weapons
- Style meter rewards creativity
- Huge, loyal player praise
- Fair price for the depth
HONEST COSTS
- Still in Early Access
- Very intense gore and effects
- Steep difficulty
- PC only
Store note: the troop still needs an Amazon referral for this one. There is no physical or Amazon code listing I can verify. Steam is the only button. This is not an affiliate link.